© 2003 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 95, No. 14, 1025,
July 16, 2003
© 2003 Oxford University Press
Press Release
Study Suggests HPV16 Can Skirt the Immune System
jncimedia@oupjournals.org
| The first 10% of the full text of this article appears below. |
Human papillomavirus 16 (HPV16), the virus responsible for approximately half of all cervical cancers, appears to be better at dodging the immune system than other HPV types, according to a large study of HIV-positive women in the July 16 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The findings may help explain why HPV16 plays such a major role in causing cervical